Conference Speakers

Dolores Shaw

Senior Microbiologist, DuPont Microbial Control

BIOGRAPHY

Dolores Shaw is a senior microbiologist within the North American region for DuPont Microbial Control. In her role as technical manager, Dolores and her team provide manufacturers of consumer products technical assistance in identifying solutions for their microbial challenges. Dolores specializes in the personal care, household, industrial and institutional markets. Dolores is the global technology focal point for these markets.

Dolores has published technical papers on preservation topics in industry journals, has given presentations at several industry and microbiology conferences and has several granted patents. Dolores is a member of the Personal Care Products Council (formerly CTFA) and has served as chair of the microbiology committee. Dolores is also an active member of the Household and Commercial Products Association’s (HCPA) Microbiology Preservative Committee (formerly CSPA) where she has lead and contributed to the development of industry guidelines / methods as well as preservation stewardship. Dolores is also a member of the Executive Board for HCPA’s Cleaning Division.

The Impact of Preservative Pressure on Wet Wipes

Preservatives are essential for ensuring the quality and safety of personal care and home care products. Restrictions and pressure from NGOs on traditional preservative chemistries continues in spite of the scientific approach to safety and risk assessment of the remaining active ingredients. Moreover, retailers are now implementing positive and negative chemical lists. This has started to cause concerns for the manufacturers of personal and home care products, as well as the consumer.

Collectively, these trends are limiting preservative options in the personal care and home care industry. Baby wipes in particular are greatly impacted by the “shrinking preservative palette”. In this presentation, an analysis of the impact of these pressures on the microbial robustness and quality of commercial baby wipes will be presented. Advocacy efforts for preservatives will also be discussed.